US & World History 1500-1900

Galileo invents the first thermometer

Jul 12, 1592

More precise ones were developed around 1660

The Thirty Years War

Period: Jul 12, 1618 to Jul 12, 1648

Fought in Europe. Germany is fragmented while France and Sweden make major territorial gains.

Persecution of the Puritans

Jul 12, 1636

The Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Chruch of England, begins persecuting dissenters, including Puritans